If that house catches on fire right now, no Fire Department is coming. “Here we’re outside of the jurisdiction. I figure you got about two minutes to get your stuff and get out of here.

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That was phased out in the 1980s after California's fire management agency took over the burns. By last decade, the burned acreage dropped to less than 10,000 acres annually, Quinn-Davidson said.